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IgG4-Related Hypophysitis: Case Report and Literature Review.

Lauren Decker, Angela M Crawford, Gamaliel Lorenzo, Martina Stippler, Konstantin N Konstantinov, Karen SantaCruz

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Review in Cureus, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Lauren DeckerPathology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Angela M CrawfordDepartment of Surgery, University of Maryland.
Gamaliel LorenzoDepartment of Radiology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Martina StipplerNeurosurgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
Konstantin N KonstantinovUniversity of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Karen SantaCruzPathology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

IgG4-related hypophysitis is a rare, inflammatory process of the pituitary that mimics more commonly seen pituitary tumors. We report a case of IgG4-related hypophysitis in a 16-year-old female with diabetes insipidus who was found to have IgG4-related hypophysitis based on tissue diagnosis. This entity has not been previously described in a pediatric patient. Recognition of certain inflammatory processes of the pituitary may lead to alternative means of diagnosis and medical management without a biopsy.

Indexed as

igg4 related diseaselymphocytic hypophysitisplasmacytic hypophysitis

Identifiers

PMID28083451
PMCPMC5208633

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